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Print, Portrait of Jacques Bénigne Bossuet (1627-1704)

This is a Print. It was print maker: Pietro Salvatori and after Hyacinthe Rigaud. It is dated ca. 1880-1890 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is engraving on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Sarah Cooper Hewitt and Eleanor Garnier Hewitt. It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

29.4 × 21.7 cm (11 9/16 × 8 9/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed along oval left: "Peint par Hyacinthe Rigaud"; right: "Gravé par Pierre Salvatori"; lower margin: "A Son...Mr le Cardinal Louis François Auguste de Rohan Chabot...a son trés humblr...Pierre Salvatori."

Cite this object as

Print, Portrait of Jacques Bénigne Bossuet (1627-1704); Print Maker: Pietro Salvatori (Italian, active 1880 - 1890); After Hyacinthe Rigaud (French, 1659 - 1743); France; engraving on paper; 29.4 × 21.7 cm (11 9/16 × 8 9/16 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1931-94-193

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